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[Neonivek]

Just remember:  Hospital Tycoon is a bad game and you will feel bad if you buy it

Really? I loved that game

No wait... Sorry I am thinking of Theme Hospital the much better game.

[Hiiri]

:O

That.  Is the most.  awesome.  game.  EVER.

Really? I mean... really..?

Here I thought the fun of being dungeon master was making the life of your adversaries miserable. Not to... um.. satisfy their needs to.. um.. trip traps? I mean... WHAT??? Previews really don't seem that impressive.

[Sowelu]

Just remember:  Hospital Tycoon is a bad game and you will feel bad if you buy it

Really? I loved that game

No wait... Sorry I am thinking of Theme Hospital the much better game.

Yeah, like I said.  Don't make the mistake of going "Hospital Tycoon?  That has to be just as good!"

Just don't.  Not to experiment, not if you have money to burn, not even as a joke.


MUD TV:  Well it's, uh, different.  If you want a tycoonish game I guess it kind of works.  It must have been experimental and it shows.  You actually have an avatar and you walk around your TV station; you go into rooms to interact with them.  The interface isn't that bad but it does seem kind of muddy, like it would have been simpler if they just uh...did it the way every other game does.  The complicated interface conceals a simplistic game that doesn't seem like it has much depth, but at least it's better than that HORRIBLE movie-maker game.  No I'm not talking about "The Movies".  There was one I saw that didn't have any graphics, it was just...just...um.  Well let's just say there's only so far you can go in this genre.

In any case MUD TV doesn't give you much room for creativity.  One of the best parts of Theme Hospital gameplay and indeed the Sims games were that they're all about workflow management:  putting the right rooms in the right places so that people flow smoothly from place to place, then watching as your smoothly oiled machine operates.  MUD TV doesn't have much flowing from place to place really, and is very hands on in a mediocre way.

It's still the best entry in the 'TV station tycoon' genre, at least.

Anyway, I just got through the tutorial so far.  I'm not sure if it gets any deeper than what I saw.  It does at least have multiplayer, so hey.

[ECrownofFire]

MUD TV: ... The interface isn't that bad but it does seem kind of muddy...

Hehe.

[Sowelu]

I can't stop playing.  If you need a Tycoon fix, it's worth it.  It won't be a legendary game for the ages, but it's good enough for now.    It moves from being 'irritating' to 'somehow fast-paced', though I suppose that's partly just fake complexity.  Still, my level of idleness seems on par with Theme Hospital and Evil Genius both.  There's less expansion and more fiddly bits, but still.  Like I said, it's good as a quick fix to tide you over, and you can surely find a few days' worth of gameplay, which is a lot more than nothing.  If you plan to get Dungeons eventually anyway, you might as well get it while it's a package deal.

[Shades]

I already got MUD TV as I liked the idea, but I just found the game frustratingly dull. Having to move the guy around all the time was just white-space movement and bugged me. Rather just been able to run the station without him and jump between rooms or something.

[nenjin]

I don't think I'm going to even bother installing MudTV. Heard too many bad things about the game, and don't crave the tycooniness that makes the game worth playing.

[Farseer]

To me, this seems less like Dungeon Keeper and more like Hospital Tycoon in a medical setting.

Wouldn't that be um... Hospital Tycoon?

I meant "Theme Hospital in a dungeon setting". :p

[Sowelu]

Man, if I ever do a Dungeons LP, I'm going to have to paste the Theme Hospital soundtrack overtop of it.  SO CATCHY

[burningpet]

The game has been released in germany.

They kinda overpriced it in my opinion (in Europe). thankfully we can now "test before we buy", and so far the game just doesnt seem to worth it. (40 euros)

Soulless, forced dull humor, unoptimised, and so far from what i have seen (played 3 levels) the only good parts about it are the dungeon keeper knock off parts which sadly gets overshadowed by the really bad new mechanics additions, mainly the fact that you have to keep go back and forth with your dungeon lord to go kill the heroes. if any of you played M.U.D TV, remember the bad parts about it, now project them on Dungeons and there you have it.

It will take a few patches and a major discount before i buy it.

[Empty]

I agree.
It's boring.

[Mephansteras]

*sigh* So many games have great promise, only to let us down when they're finally released.

It's cruel, really.

[nenjin]

The game has been released in germany.

They kinda overpriced it in my opinion (in Europe). thankfully we can now "test before we buy", and so far the game just doesnt seem to worth it. (40 euros)

Soulless, forced dull humor, unoptimised, and so far from what i have seen (played 3 levels) the only good parts about it are the dungeon keeper knock off parts which sadly gets overshadowed by the really bad new mechanics additions, mainly the fact that you have to keep go back and forth with your dungeon lord to go kill the heroes. if any of you played M.U.D TV, remember the bad parts about it, now project them on Dungeons and there you have it.

It will take a few patches and a major discount before i buy it.

OOof.

[Farseer]

Ouch. Looks like I'm not getting this, then.

Sadly, I'm sure the company that made it will just be like "It's because there's no room in the market for a Dungeon Keeper-esque game. This is because no one likes that game." or something like that, instead of truly admitting their faults.

[nenjin]

If it's as bad as some are saying....I don't think it's anything like that. More, they have a game play design they think is fun, and it's not. I was hoping they learned from MudTV....but apparently they didn't.